Fia turns 2!

Last month, our sweet girl turned 2 and, as if on cue, began to exert her new 'personality.' This new world includes wanting to do everything her "self" (Fia's favorite word at the minute), tantrums when she can't do it herself (like putting on her shoes or eating an ice cream), and calling me by my first name, pronounced "A-shell." But don't worry - the sweet girl is still in there.

With her personality blossoming, she is also learning at light speed. She eats with a fork and spoon, counts to ten, knows her colors, and has a pretty large vocabulary which is mixed with some words that don't make sense to us but make COMPLETE sense to her!

The following is a video of Fia's first day of school, which was also her 2nd birthday.

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Blog Backlog

We have been bad, bad bloggers. We have let several months go by without an update and given the prompts we have been sent by loved ones - we are now feeling pretty guilty. So here are some pictures of Sofia's summer. Ps. She is calling herself "Fia" now. What a diva.

This is Fia and Uncle Bobo at my mom's place for the 4th of July.

This is Sofia and Nelly, Jos's puppy, playing in Newcastle in July.

And this is Fia making one of her favorite faces. The "wach yo talkin' bout" face. We have certainly entered the new age of 2!

Uh oh - no cry mommy. Is ok.

This is what Sofia says to me when when I am upset (e.g. Just heard bad news, stubbed my toe, etc). Well she had to say this to me when I was cursing under my breath when I found that I had disabled the blog. I was trying to upload a birthday video when I was prompted to put in my birth date. Not thinking, I put in Sofia's birthday and all hell broke loose. Under aged. Blocked, disabled and an official outcast. Google does not joke around. So it took a while to sort it out and now we are back in business.

Sofia's First Conversation

Mommy: "Sofia, do you want breakfast?"

Sofia: "Yeah."

Mommy: "Do you want oatmeal?"

Sofia: "No."

Mommy: "Do you want cereal?"

Sofia: "No."

Mommy: "Do you want toast?"

Sofia: "Yeah."

(Mommy makes a slice of toast and Sofia crams it into her mouth, as if it will be the last morsel she will ever eat. And with a mouth and fistful of buttery toast, she exclaims...)

Sofia: "More toast!"

Sofia at 20 months

When Sofia is awake, she is either running, eating or laughing (with a tantrum sprinkled here or there). She learns new words every day, still loves to give kisses and hugs and eats as much as a grown adult (her favorite word is "MORE" said really slowly with a long face).

Here are a couple of photos, the first is in an outfit and Super Meggy made for her. What a lucky girl.This is Sofia running in the woods in Portland, Maine. We were searching for fairy houses.


In art class.Enjoying a corn dog at Coney Island.

Going to one of Daddy's races in Central Park.

Playing in Uncle Nick and Aunt Kristin's hammock.

Delayed Spring Report, pt 3

These are a couple of additional videos that I thought our small readership might enjoy. The first is Sofia hunting Easter eggs. Actually, she wasn't great at hunting eggs but she was good at finding the large, gold, chocolate Lindt bunny.



The second is Sofia in the fountains in Savannah. Pay attention to the squealing. That is her favorite form of communication.



The last is of Sofia attempting to jump. Hilarious every time. I never want her to learn to jump properly.